Embroidery-frame.



G. DUNCAN.

EMBROIDERY FRAME. APPLICATION FILED MAR.15,1913.

1,979,042, Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

GAZRNETL DUNCAN, OF YELLVILLE, ARKANSAS.

EMBROIDERY-FR AME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented Nov. 18,1913.

Application led March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,605.

T0 all 'tu/1.0971. t may concern Be it known that l, GAnNlrrr DUNCAN, a. citizen ofthe. [lnited States, residing in Yellville, in the county ot YMarion andState of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lhnbroidery-Frames, ot' which the :Following is a specification.

This invention 'relates to embroidery frames of the class in which the material worked on is held between two concentric hoops, and the object ot' my invention is to so construct the outer hoop that it may be easily placed over the material on the inner hoop without unduly stretching the material or rubbing' it and may then be quickly tighti-zned to hold the material firmly in place..

According' to my invention I employ a continuous inner hoop ot' the usual kind and use a divided outer hoop which carries on one end near the line of division a. pivoted lt fer which selves as a handle and which is cmmected to the end of the hoop on the opposite side ol.4l the line o'f division by a sprinplr in such manner that when the lever is in one position it holds the outer hoop in a dist-.ended coiulition, but when the lever is turned to another position it reducesl the diameter ot' the hoop and holds it on the material carried by the inner hoop.l

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 'l is a perspective view of an embroidery :frame embodying' my improvements showing how it holds the material to be worked on. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the frame showingI the inner and outer'hoops with the latter clamped upon thc -inner hoop. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the two/hoops showing); the lever in its ':lamped position.

Fig. t is a similar view showing the leverin its outer position with the outer hoop loosened.

l The inner hoop A is ol' the usual form and is continuous. The outer hoop B surrounds the inner one and it is divided as shown at When the endsl of the divided hoop are separated to the-extent shown in Fig. et the hoop may be easily arranged over the material carried by the inner hoop Without stretching,r -it unduly or rubbing it, but when the ends of the outer hoop are brought closer together, as shown in Fig. 3, the material is tightly clamped between the hoops.

i JOne'end portion of the outer hoop carries titi a lever C which pivotally connected with a bracket d on the outer hoop near the dividing line of the hoop. lil theoutcr hoop be made of metal the bracket may be formed by providingr the hoop with lateral ext-ensions and turning them outward, as shown, to form the bracket. The lever C is provided with a tongue c which is connected at its inner end with the body of the lever and at its outer end it is connected by meansof a spiral spring D with the end of the hoop B 'on the opposite side of the dividing line b.

The connection ot' the inner end of the tongue c with the lever is such as to permit it to turn to a limited extent. Preferably the tongue c Vformed integrally with the lever which may be made ol spring metal. `When the lever is in the position shown in Fig. t the end of the tongue c to which the spiral spring, l) is attached is on that side of the pivot a: ol the lever next the end of.

the outer hoop to which the opposite' end ol the springl l) is attached and the spring D is not under tension. At this time the outer hoop is distended and may be easily applied to or removed from the inner hoop, but when the lever is moved to the opposite position, indicated in Figs. l, 2 and 3,the outer end ot' the tongue o, to which the spiral springr is attached, is disposed n the opposite side of the pivot a', 1'. c., on that side of the pivot opposite to the one shown in Fig. It, and at this time the spiral spring D is distcnded and the two ends of the hoop are drawn closely togethe and in such manner as to tightly clamp the material between the two hoops. The arrangement is also such that the leveris held in either of the two positions above mentioned and cannot stop in any other position. In this way when the outer hoop is being applied it is held permanently in its distended position and when once applied it is held per1nanently and securely in its contracted position. v

I claim as my invention: y

1. An embroidery frame, comprising an inner hoop, an outer divided hoop, an operating lever pivotally connected with the divided hoop on one side ot the dividing line, a tongue on the lever having its inner end disposed between the outer end ot" thelever and its pivotal connection with the hoop, and a spring connecting the inner end of the tongue with the' outer hoop on the opposite side of the dividing line.

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